---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING EDUCATION RENEWAL ZONES."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING EDUCATION RENEWAL ZONES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 77"
citation: "Arkansas SB 77 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "L. Eads"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:47:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-23T22:08:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/248df93b-b736-4ca0-9216-69cbd7a993f6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "783de5d919b90f5a420885ab1a4f3f8aa7697532a598edc72e8032424f0bbd05"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas SB 77 (2021) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING EDUCATION RENEWAL ZONES.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB 77** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB77.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- L. Eads — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11T17:47:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:23:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T22:08:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T19:17:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04T19:17:56+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-04T21:46:39+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-04T22:31:57+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T19:05:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T20:16:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T20:16:27+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-10T21:31:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-10T21:31:27+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-23T00:59:16+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-23T00:59:23+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23T22:08:27+00:00** Notification that SB77 is now Act 134 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/248df93b-b736-4ca0-9216-69cbd7a993f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).